AAA REMOVALS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06717750 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-07

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£67.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Removal services

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

43 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £67,820

Net assets shrinking

Down £22,650 YoY

Cash YoY

-18%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£85k

↓ 18% YoY

Net Worth

£68k

↓ 25% YoY

Current Assets

£163k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£84.2k	£126.1k
Current assets	£163.5k	£187.4k
Cash	£85.5k	£104.4k
Debtors	£78.0k	£83.0k
Net assets	£67.8k	£90.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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2025-05-22
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2024-05-08
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2023-04-18
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2022-03-08
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2021-02-15
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2020-07-06
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2019-02-27
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2018-03-21
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2017-07-20
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2016-04-18
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2015-10-26
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-31
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2014-11-05
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2014-04-25
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2008-10-07
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Company incorporated
As AAA REMOVALS LIMITED
2008-10-07
➕
SIDDLE, Lucy Catherine appointed
secretary
2008-10-07
➕
SIDDLE, Ian appointed
director
2008-10-07
➕
M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-10-07
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M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-10-07
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ADAMS, Laurence Douglas appointed
director
2008-10-07
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ADAMS, Laurence Douglas resigned
director

Owner dependency

93/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Siddle Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Lucy Catherine Siddle Individual · British · DOB 02/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-10-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

1 Brook Court

Blakeney Road

Beckenham

Kent

BR3 1HG

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-21

Last: 2025-10-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SIDDLE, Lucy Catherine→

secretary · appointed 2008-10-07

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Active

SIDDLE, Ian→

director · ~58y · appointed 2008-10-07

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Active

M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-10-07 · resigned 2008-10-07

Resigned

ADAMS, Laurence Douglas→

director · ~61y · appointed 2008-10-07 · resigned 2008-10-07

Resigned

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